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01/09/2014

welcome!

I've been exploring the world of makeup and style in the past few months like a tween. But I'm a 47-year-old woman. I've worn makeup before but not much. But I've conquered some longtime chronic health problems in the past year (HOORAY) and am feeling better than I ever have before. I've lost weight during the process, my skin is healthy and vibrant, people tell me my eyes are sparkling—I'm like a show dog ready for the ring, I guess.

So I've been looking at YouTube tutorials on makeup and style and started to notice a dearth of bloggers who look like me. Most are significantly younger than me. Most have long, dark hair. Most have dark eyes. Nobody has a schnozz like mine.

So I thought that I'd start trying to blog about it myself. I have no idea how long I'll last or how frequently I'll post. I'm in the process of editing down a video I shot last weekend demonstrating my basic everyday makeup. Meanwhile, here's a little welcome note, and I'm going to share a blog post that someone shared on Ravelry that I think is a neat way to start thinking about color, both for makeup and for clothes and accessories. Me, I'm easy. In the Color Me Beautiful book that came out when I was 15, I'm a textbook winter.

pale, cool skin; blue eyes; dark brown hair that is now mostly white.

How about you? If you don't have the book, try this seasonal color analysis from the Chic Fashionista. This is the blog post that I saw on Ravelry, and I love this kind of stuff. Questionnaires R Us. In this analysis, my most-dominant characteristics are deep, clear, and cool. We'll talk in the future about color choices and undertones; you'll hear me say often that I don't like orangey, peachy, melony colors in my makeup and insist on cool dark browns (think dark chocolate) rather than lighter or redder browns.